{"id":7655,"date":"2016-03-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2016\/03\/01\/luxury-vacations-with-all-the-comforts-of-home-and-hotels\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:17:07","slug":"luxury-vacations-with-all-the-comforts-of-home-and-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2016\/03\/01\/luxury-vacations-with-all-the-comforts-of-home-and-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury vacations with all the comforts of home \u2014 and hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Katie O&#8217;Brien &#8217;16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Henry-Parry-Okeden.jpg\" alt=\"Luxury vacations with all the comforts of home \u2014 and hotels\" class=\"wp-image-7656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Henry-Parry-Okeden.jpg 320w, https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Henry-Parry-Okeden-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Henry-Parry-Okeden-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>InvitedHome is shaking upboth the hospitality and homesharingindustries by working with homeowners to bring hotelstandards to luxury home rentals.Vacationers can now personalizetheir trip by staying in a beautiful home and still enjoy standardized,high-quality accommodations.&#8221;When you think about all thedifferent hotel companies, you knowexactly what to expect, whether it&#39;sthe Four Seasons or Motel 6,&#8221; saysco-founder Henry Parry-Okeden.&#8221; But with vacation homes, a guest has no idea what they&#39;re going toget. We offer a consistently great experience and a brand youcan trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only are InvitedHome&#39;s rentals held to meticulous cleaning and maintenance standards and fully stocked with everything a guest needs; the startup provides 24\/7 guest services, &#8220;just like ahotel&#39;s front desk.&#8221; InvitedHome manages unique vacation homes inpopular vacation spots in California, Colorado, Florida, and Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parry-Okeden met his co-founders, Tom Feldhusen and MichaelJoseph, when he moved to Boulder, Colo., for his MBA internship atstartup accelerator Techstars. 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